So was it fair that Brian got the second best PCS? I haven't seen any comments about his skating except that his jumps were no good.

What do you mean by "tano lutz"?

I want to watch these programmes :banging:

I think Brian got a sizable "Oh, poor thing, his jumps aren't on. But he's a former World Champ. I know, let's give him a bit of a PCS boost!" bonus. I do think that his PCS should be *relatively* high though (and, again, this confirms that being later in the starting orders helps).

'Tano jumpA jump arm position variation made famous by Brian Boitano (hence 'Tano) where one arm is extended overhead instead of folded at the chest during a jump. This increases the difficulty of a jump.

... apparently you're supposed to have an apostrophe before the "T"... who would have known.

No, Irina Slutskaya and Stephen Carriere, just to name a couple, were doing 'tano jumps before I saw Mao do them.

Not to mention Brian Boitano himself... But, really, after Mao started doing it, suddenly much more 'Tanos variations started being used. Caroline Zhang, Adam, YuNa, Denis Ten... I'm sure I've seen a few more this season.

Verner opened with a quad toe-triple toe combination worth 14.8 points, followed by a triple Axel and triple Lutz. He gained the highest program component score of the day and the second-highest technical tally.

"I was pleased with my jumps," he said. "I didn't like that I got a Level 1 on my combination spin and Level 1 on my sit spin, so I will have to review what happened and work on it for my free skate.

"Also, I hope my choreographer Lori Nichol didn't watch today, because I can do a lot better with the steps and the emotion. It's my first big competition after a long break and I was a little nervous."

Do you mean Tomas' costume? I fantasized it like a greek sailor dancing zorba in the harbour

I really didnt see it that way but maybe you are right, I didnt see him as someone who dances to the music, I had the image that he was supposed to impersonate Zorba personality himself and the history behind this music and the costume looked like a navy thing out of place..Now i got the image
I just dont like zorba in skating
I dont remember Oda's costume in details, was it the black Halloween thing?I didnt mind, his program was fresh and fast, I loved it, looking forward to see them all tommorow!
I have a feeling Jouby may change his sp..